{"format":1,"id":"117-s-3580","congress":117,"number":"S. 3580","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022","title_source":"Short Titles as Enacted","official_title":"A bill to amend title 46, United States Code, with respect to prohibited acts by ocean common carriers or marine terminal operators, and for other purposes.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"A bill to amend title 46, United States Code, with respect to prohibited acts by ocean common carriers or marine terminal operators, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Short Titles from ENR (Enrolled) bill text","title":"Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022"},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022"},{"type":"Short Titles as Enacted","title":"Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed Senate","title":"Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to Senate","title":"Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022"}],"outcome":"became_law","law_number":"Public Law 117-146","introduced":"2022-02-03","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2022-06-13","vote":{"id":"117-2022-h256","question":"On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass","title":"Ocean Shipping Reform Act","result":"Passed","yea":369,"nay":42,"present":0,"not_voting":16,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2022/roll256.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"voice","date":"2022-03-31","vote":null,"how":"voice_vote","words":"Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote."}},"president":{"status":"signed","date":"2022-06-16"},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Became Public Law No: 117-146.","date":"2022-06-16"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2022-06-16","stage":"Public Law","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022"},{"k":"p","t":"This act revises requirements governing ocean shipping to increase the authority of the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) to promote the growth and development of U.S. exports through an ocean transportation system that is competitive, efficient, and economical. For example, the bill requires the FMC to (1) investigate complaints about detention and demurrage charges (i.e., late fees) charged by common ocean carriers, (2) determine whether those charges are reasonable, and (3) order refunds for unreasonable charges. It also prohibits common ocean carriers, marine terminal operators, or ocean transportation intermediaries from unreasonably refusing cargo space when available or resorting to other unfair or unjustly discriminatory methods."}],"words":110},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Amends the federal shipping law in title 46, United States Code, to change the prohibited practices of ocean common carriers and marine terminal operators, including rules on detention and demurrage charges, and to give the Federal Maritime Commission added complaint, refund and penalty authority.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 5","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/3580/text/enr#id056e1507-16b5-48d0-8b5b-bcede98283cd:~:text=5.%20Prohibition%20on%20retaliation"},{"label":"Sec. 7","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/3580/text/enr#id4a971e81b7fe4c82a511d804d4401b55:~:text=7.%20Common%20carriers"},{"label":"Sec. 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action.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 5","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/3580/text/enr#id056e1507-16b5-48d0-8b5b-bcede98283cd:~:text=5.%20Prohibition%20on%20retaliation"}},{"text":"Bars common carriers from invoicing demurrage or detention charges unless the invoice carries listed information, and provides that an invoice missing the required information eliminates the charged party's obligation to pay the charge.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 7","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/3580/text/enr#id4a971e81b7fe4c82a511d804d4401b55:~:text=7.%20Common%20carriers"}},{"text":"Requires the Federal Maritime Commission to accept charge complaints from any person, promptly investigate them, order refunds of charges paid that do not comply, and apply civil penalties to the common carrier that made the charge.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 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appropriations of $32,869,000 for fiscal year 2022, $38,260,000 for fiscal year 2023, $43,720,000 for fiscal year 2024, and $49,200,000 for fiscal year 2025.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 26","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/3580/text/enr#id3e842937e2344d02b82c87385e3ae72e:~:text=26.%20Authorization%20of%20appropriations"}}],"unexpected":[{"category":"off_subject","items":[{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 20","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/3580/text/enr#idcd897777816c4f9fa1b728f8ca5778eb:~:text=20.%20Licensing%20testing"},"heading":"Licensing testing","effect":"Directs the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to review a COVID-19 waiver on third-party commercial driver's license skills test examiners and make it permanent if no safety concerns are found.","amount":null,"quote":"conduct a review of the discretionary waiver authority described in the document issued by the Administrator entitled"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 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applicants providing direct assistance to a United States port within the interior of the country.","amount":null,"quote":"shall jointly prioritize and expedite the consideration of applications for a Transportation Worker Identification Credential"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 24","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/3580/text/enr#id134248f4884b44b78bbee15f48f4c5b2:~:text=24.%20Use%20of%20United%20States%20inland%20ports"},"heading":"Use of United States inland ports for storage and transfer of cargo containers","effect":"Requires a meeting of port, carrier, rail, trucking and labor representatives on identifying land, including inland ports, for storing and transferring cargo containers, followed by a report to Congress.","amount":null,"quote":"discuss the feasibility of, and strategies for, identifying Federal and non-Federal land, including inland ports, for the purposes of storage and transfer of cargo containers due to port congestion"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 25","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/3580/text/enr#id1EA36DDEA4364C37B3A866E50FD1ACEE:~:text=25.%20Report%20on%20adoption%20of%20technology%20at"},"heading":"Report on adoption of technology at United States ports","effect":"Requires the Comptroller General to report to Congress within 1 year on technology adoption at United States ports compared with foreign ports.","amount":null,"quote":"a report describing the adoption of technology at United States ports, as compared to that adoption at foreign ports"}]},{"category":"narrow_beneficiary","items":[{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 14","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/3580/text/enr#idfb60a105-abaa-41ce-aa0d-5d5a89cd0f3e:~:text=14.%20Annual%20report%20to%20Congress"},"heading":"Annual report to Congress","effect":"Adds to the Commission's annual report an identification of practices by ocean common carriers that are state-owned or state-controlled, 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4","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/3580/text/enr#id3fc22634-4e44-4abb-a222-01066ee4c53b"},"heading":"Shipping exchange registry","effect":"Lets the Federal Maritime Commission exempt a shipping exchange from the new registration requirement, with or without conditions, if the exchange is supervised by authorities in a foreign country where it is headquartered.","amount":null,"quote":"The Commission may exempt, conditionally or unconditionally, a shipping exchange from registration under this section if the Commission finds"}]}],"version":{"type":"Enrolled 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S. 3580, 117th Congress: Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022. House: 369 Yea, 42 Nay. Senate: voice vote. Outcome: Became law, 16 Jun 2022."}}